tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65822447324873126912024-02-20T05:42:57.976-08:00Blood of SanguiniusA Warhammer 40,000 blog focused on the Blood Angels, with battle reports, tactics and everything you need to know about the Blood Angels!Loxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12211600791402222507noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582244732487312691.post-38946418486335166972011-02-07T09:38:00.000-08:002011-02-07T09:38:25.399-08:00"Alfred von Schleiffen" ListI recently ran across an interesting set of articles for my military history class on the creation and military ideas about the infamous Schleiffen Plan of WWI. During this period in history, field armies consisted of massive hoards of troops. As a rough figure, the German army consisted of slightly less than one million men, and this was on the smallish side. To the German Field Marshall prior Loxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12211600791402222507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582244732487312691.post-56010220716603358322011-02-03T10:14:00.000-08:002011-02-03T10:14:19.853-08:00On ShootingThose of you who read my earlier article on the assault phase may be wondering how I view the shooting phase. Clearly, no army will succeed without attempting to claim the maximum benefit from each phase; therefore, I am introducing my combat doctrine as it associates with the shooting phase.
To me, the shooting phase has a lot to do with supplemental attacks, a support for the assault phase. InLoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12211600791402222507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582244732487312691.post-12023361863835971372011-01-27T09:12:00.000-08:002011-01-27T09:12:45.622-08:00Total DOA ListMy latest BA list, enjoy.
HQ:
Commander Dante: 225 pts (an absolute MUST have for this list because of his precision strike rule)
Librarian w/ jump pack: 125 pts (Unleash Rage, and Blood Lance/Might of Heroes)
ELITE:
Chaplain w/ jump pack: 125 pts
Sanguinary Priest w/ jump pack, power sword: 90 pts
TROOPS:
Sanguinary Guard w/ chapter banner: 230 pts
Assault Squad w/ 10 men, 2 meltaguns, Loxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12211600791402222507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582244732487312691.post-10198159120701610282011-01-06T12:37:00.000-08:002011-01-06T12:37:00.292-08:00Shooting vs AssaultAs a Blood Angels player, you probably have a good idea of my thoughts on shooting and assault. Specifically, that shooting is an auxiliary to the assault. Allow me to explain how I think shooting and assaulting stack up.
Shooting
First of all, you need LOS for most shooty weapons. So if you are playing something with a LOT of terrain, a clever player can essentially neutralize enemy shooting (Loxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12211600791402222507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582244732487312691.post-88246306495067808772010-12-24T12:15:00.000-08:002010-12-24T12:15:31.649-08:00Christmas List Special- and a QuestionYeah, its been a little while since my last post. Sorry, real life can be... well, you know what it's like. Anyway, I haven't gotten in very many games, which stinks. I have, however, managed to put together and revise my army list yet again. After having my vindicator singled out and blown to bits by every lascannon my opponent had, I decided to take an alternate approach yet again. My problem Loxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12211600791402222507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582244732487312691.post-51089052315058602602010-08-17T16:47:00.000-07:002010-08-17T16:48:15.079-07:00Totally Re-done Army ListI decided to make a total overhaul of my forces in order to make it as deadly as possible, to make it as flexible as possible, to add more scoring units, and to use my "Sledgehammer" tactics. The basic plan of this build is to break my tactical squad into combat squads. The one with the missile launcher will camp on my objective, while the other combat squad will go with my captain in the back ofLoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12211600791402222507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582244732487312691.post-63623879234232505052010-08-16T08:17:00.000-07:002010-08-17T16:50:41.205-07:00Sledgehammer of Sanguinius!Whats big, armored, and shoots a strength 10 large template? You guessed it, a space marine Vindicator. But since I play Blood Angels, I get a speed bonus as well. After losing to a regular mech space marine army by four kill points, I came to the conclusion that I need something big and angry, and capable of flattening a land raider with ease.
My response, as I'm sure you already guessed, is a Loxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12211600791402222507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582244732487312691.post-88479418095314819282010-08-06T09:37:00.000-07:002010-08-06T09:37:15.937-07:00Army ListTo save space on my other post, I'm posting my army list here. Feel free to let me know what you think!
My forces:
Captain w/ power sword: 115 pts
Librarian in terminator armor, epistolary, w/ storm bolter: 180 pts
Honor Guard, armed with a Chapter Banner, infernus pistol, flamer, and power fist, w/ jump packs: 240 pts
Terminator Squad: 200 pts
Tactical Squad w/ flamer and missile launcher: 170Loxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12211600791402222507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582244732487312691.post-9446752150620804052010-08-06T09:22:00.000-07:002010-08-06T09:22:37.177-07:00Blood Angels vs. Chaos Space MarinesWell, this is my very first blog post, and I would like to begin by thanking everyone here who is reading it. A little background on me, I play Warhammer 40k in my spare time and I am still a bit of a beginner. Anyway, this is my latest battle report. To see my list of forces, check out my other post.
I'm not sure what my opponent had, but he was packing a lot of firepower. He had an Loxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12211600791402222507noreply@blogger.com2